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From: "Nathan J. Williams" <nathanw@wasabisystems.com>
To: Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, gdb@sources.redhat.com
Subject: Re: Bumping MI protocol
Date: Wed, 06 Oct 2004 16:45:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <mtu655nhk9l.fsf@contents-vnder-pressvre.mit.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20041006163131.GB12213@white>

Bob Rossi <bob@brasko.net> writes:

> Either one of you, please describe to me which of these questions is
> foolish, and I will clearly explain to you why I need to know this
> information in order to build a front end.

That you need to know this information, or think you need to know this
information, does not imply that it exists. I'm suggesting that MI is
young and unevolved enough that there is no serious body of work in
woking with its evolution. This means that your questions of "What
happens in case X?" are effectively "please spend time deciding what
happens in case X, which has not yet occurred." To put it in other
terms, an unfunded mandate.

I think you'll make much more ground by assuming that none of these
questions have answers, and proposing possible answers (the "can you
use an MI command to check the MI version" thread seems more
productive to me, for example, because it included suggestions whose
merits can be concretely dissussed).

> I am asking because it's not documented anywhere. If
> you want the questions to stop, maybe you will see that there is not
> enough information avaiable for front end developers to figure these
> thngs out.

Yes, I think such things are not documented because they have not been
considered or they have not come up to be handled, not because of a
conspiracy to keep front-end developers in the dark.

        - Nathan

  reply	other threads:[~2004-10-06 16:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 211+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-10-06  1:03 Bob Rossi
2004-10-06  5:08 ` Nathan J. Williams
2004-10-06 11:27   ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 12:30     ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-06 16:38       ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 16:45         ` Nathan J. Williams [this message]
2004-10-06 19:53           ` Bob Rossi
     [not found]       ` <eliz@gnu.org>
2004-10-06 16:57         ` Felix Lee
2004-10-06 17:03           ` Bob Rossi
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-10-10 20:46 Laziness David Lecomber
2005-10-10 20:50 ` Laziness Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-10-10 21:05   ` Laziness David Lecomber
2005-10-10 21:09     ` Laziness Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-10-10 21:24       ` Laziness David Lecomber
2005-10-10 21:27         ` Laziness Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-10-10 23:53           ` Laziness Paul Hilfinger
     [not found] <200508292030.NAA29909@hpsje.cup.hp.com>
     [not found] ` <1125360166.9350.69.camel@aretha.corp.specifix.com>
2005-08-30  1:13   ` HP gdb/wdb sources available Daniel Jacobowitz
2005-08-30  2:13     ` Paul Hilfinger
2004-10-26 14:49 backtrace changes current source location Felix Lee
2004-10-28 13:49 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-04 17:51 gdbserver, sysroot, prelink Felix Lee
2004-10-04 18:12 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-03 17:15 probing GDB for MI versions Bob Rossi
2004-10-04  9:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-04 13:19   ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-05  9:10     ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-05 12:34       ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 10:19         ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-06 11:47           ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 12:13             ` Dave Korn
2004-10-06 16:31               ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-06 16:46                 ` Nathan J. Williams
2004-10-06 16:55                   ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-06 17:04                     ` Nathan J. Williams
2004-10-06 17:15                       ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-06 16:57                 ` Dave Korn
2004-10-06 17:12                   ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-06 17:21                     ` Dave Korn
2004-10-06 17:24                       ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-06 17:31                         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-06 17:38                           ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 17:41                             ` Dave Korn
2004-10-06 17:55                               ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-06 18:19                                 ` Paul Koning
2004-10-07 10:56                                 ` Dave Korn
2004-10-07 14:15                                   ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-07 14:28                                     ` Dave Korn
2004-10-07 14:37                                       ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-07 14:39                                         ` Dave Korn
2004-10-07 14:50                                           ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-07 15:38                                             ` Dave Korn
2004-10-07 15:49                                               ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-07 16:31                                                 ` Nathan J. Williams
2004-10-07 16:45                                                 ` Alain Magloire
2004-10-07 17:12                                                 ` Dave Korn
     [not found]                                                 ` <200410071614.MAA19648@smtp.ott.qnx.com>
2004-10-08  6:56                                                   ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-08  9:10                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-10 18:13                                                       ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-11 17:46                                                         ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-13 12:14                                                         ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-13 12:48                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-13 14:05                                                             ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-14  7:10                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-14 19:34                                                                 ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-14 21:23                                                                   ` Andrew Cagney
2004-10-15 15:40                                                                     ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-15 13:02                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-15 13:28                                                                     ` Michael Chastain
2004-10-15 13:42                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-15 18:04                                                                     ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-16 15:46                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-16 21:56                                                                         ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-17 18:59                                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-19 13:51                                                                             ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-19 14:18                                                                               ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-19 19:28                                                                                 ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-19 20:17                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-06 18:43                               ` Andrew Cagney
2004-10-06 18:54                                 ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-06 19:19                                   ` Andrew Cagney
2004-10-06 19:25                                     ` 'Bob Rossi'
2004-10-06 17:36                         ` Dave Korn
2004-10-06 17:51                         ` Paul Koning
2004-10-06 18:09                           ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 17:05                 ` Alain Magloire
2004-10-06 19:16 ` Andrew Cagney
2004-10-06 19:20   ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 20:10     ` Alain Magloire
2004-10-06 20:15       ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 20:13     ` Andrew Cagney
2004-10-08 10:28       ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-08 18:48         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
     [not found] <5956F1E2-EB0D-11D8-9949-000A9569836A@apple.com>
2004-08-11  0:51 ` GDB/XMI (XML Machine Interface) Chris Friesen
     [not found]   ` <gdb001@speakeasy.net>
2004-08-11  6:28     ` Felix Lee
2004-08-11  8:25       ` Chris Friesen
2004-08-11 22:43     ` Felix Lee
2004-08-12  4:54       ` OT: " Chris Friesen
2004-08-20 10:34     ` Felix Lee
2004-08-20 12:54       ` Bob Rossi
2004-08-20 18:34         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-08-20 18:49           ` Bob Rossi
2004-08-20 18:52             ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-08-20 19:25               ` Bob Rossi
2004-08-20 19:42                 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-08-20 19:59                   ` Bob Rossi
2004-08-21 10:25                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-08-21 12:34                       ` Bob Rossi
2004-08-21 13:34                         ` Eli Zaretskii
     [not found]         ` <bob@brasko.net>
2004-08-20 18:20           ` Felix Lee
2004-08-20 21:34           ` Felix Lee
2004-08-21 19:21           ` Felix Lee
2004-08-21 20:21             ` Bob Rossi
2004-08-21 19:28           ` Felix Lee
2004-08-21 20:16             ` Bob Rossi
2004-08-21 21:28           ` Felix Lee
2004-08-21 22:37           ` Felix Lee
2004-10-03 18:36           ` GDB/MI snapshots between major release's Felix Lee
2004-10-03 18:40             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-03 18:42               ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-03 19:35                 ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-03 19:39           ` Felix Lee
2004-10-03 20:19             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-04  5:00           ` Felix Lee
2004-10-04 15:34           ` Felix Lee
2004-10-04 15:58             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-04 16:48           ` Felix Lee
2004-10-04 17:37             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-04 18:31           ` Felix Lee
2004-10-04 19:00             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-04 21:07           ` Felix Lee
2004-10-03 17:01             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-04  5:04               ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-04 14:59                 ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-04 15:49                   ` Mark Kettenis
2004-10-04 16:04                     ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-05 10:57                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-05 14:18                         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-06  1:40                           ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 11:14                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-06 11:39                             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 13:19                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-06 16:55                                 ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 17:00                                   ` Paul Koning
2004-10-06 17:02                                     ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-04 21:27             ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-04 22:14             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-05  9:03               ` Fabian Cenedese
2004-10-05  9:18                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-05 13:37                   ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-05 18:53           ` probing GDB for MI versions Felix Lee
2004-10-06 17:14           ` GDB/MI snapshots between major release's Felix Lee
2004-10-06 17:21             ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-06 18:41           ` Felix Lee
2004-10-06 18:50             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 18:55           ` Bumping MI protocol Felix Lee
2004-10-06 19:43             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-06 21:04           ` Felix Lee
2004-10-07 18:01           ` probing GDB for MI versions Felix Lee
2004-10-07 19:44             ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-08  8:54               ` Fabian Cenedese
2004-10-19 20:13           ` Felix Lee
2004-10-19 20:23             ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-10-19 21:27             ` Bob Rossi
2004-11-09  2:27             ` Bob Rossi
2004-08-10 20:14 GDB/XMI (XML Machine Interface) Bob Rossi
2004-08-10 22:38 ` Kip Macy
2004-08-11  0:17 ` Michael Chastain
2004-08-11  7:36 ` Fabian Cenedese
2004-08-11  8:51 ` Nick NoSpam
2004-08-11 18:05 ` Bob Rossi
2004-08-11 19:26   ` Alain Magloire
2004-08-11 22:35     ` Jason Molenda
2004-08-12 13:03       ` Nick NoSpam
2004-08-19 23:49 ` Bob Rossi
2004-08-20  7:09   ` Chris Friesen
2004-08-20 12:47     ` Bob Rossi
2004-07-29  5:10 breaking at for-loop test line Allen Hopkins
2004-07-29 16:29 ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-07-29 18:58   ` Andre Ancelin
2004-07-30 11:32   ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-08-03 19:21     ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-08-03 20:09       ` Andrew Cagney
2004-08-03 20:21         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-07-25  1:18 [proposal/testsuite] require build == host Michael Chastain
2004-07-25  1:52 ` Felix Lee
2004-07-25  2:43   ` Daniel Jacobowitz
     [not found]     ` <drow@false.org>
2004-07-25 22:36       ` Felix Lee
2004-07-26 18:07         ` Michael Chastain
2004-07-27  4:41           ` Felix Lee
2004-07-29 22:21       ` breaking at for-loop test line Felix Lee
2004-07-30  8:23         ` Baurjan Ismagulov
     [not found]           ` <ibr@ata.cs.hun.edu.tr>
2004-07-30 10:46             ` Felix Lee
2004-08-03 18:53               ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-08-20 19:06       ` GDB/XMI (XML Machine Interface) Felix Lee
2004-08-20 19:09         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-08-20 19:20       ` Felix Lee
2004-08-21 12:37         ` Bob Rossi
2004-10-04 19:05       ` gdbserver, sysroot, prelink Felix Lee
2004-10-04 19:24         ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-05 13:03           ` Andrew Cagney
2004-10-05 13:52             ` Daniel Jacobowitz
2004-10-05 13:53       ` Felix Lee
2004-10-06 17:58       ` GDB/MI snapshots between major release's Felix Lee
2004-10-29  8:32       ` backtrace changes current source location Felix Lee
2004-07-25  7:59 ` [proposal/testsuite] require build == host Eli Zaretskii
2004-07-27  0:45 ` Andrew Cagney
2004-07-27  2:31   ` Michael Chastain
2004-07-27  4:16     ` Eli Zaretskii
2004-07-27 15:32     ` Andrew Cagney
2004-07-27 15:50       ` Christopher Faylor
2004-07-27 21:17       ` Michael Chastain

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